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Brian Trust

重组, 银行及金融, 特殊情况

"Brian Trust is the gold standard. He is everything that you want from a restructuring advisor: incredibly experienced, hard-working, well-prepared, communicative, thoughtful, confident, detailed when needed and concise where not."
Legal 500

概览

Brian Trust brings extensive restructuring experience to stakeholders in distressed situations. He has established himself as a distinguished practitioner who has dedicated his career to navigating the complex web of bankruptcy law. Brian is singularly focused on achieving maximum value for large institutional creditors in complex Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings and recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions of financially distressed companies, acquisition and divestiture of claims against and equity interests in distressed companies, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, and cross-border insolvencies. Brian pioneered the novel use of securitization and/or asset-based security structures utilizing DIP loan technology in Chapter 11 proceedings.

执业经验

Recent representations include:

  • Administrative agent of the approximately $600 million pre-petition senior secured facility $105 million secured DIP financing in the chapter 11 case of Ebix, Inc., in the Northern District of Texas.
  • Administrative agent of the pre-petition senior secured facility in the chapter 11 case of Big Village Holdings LLC., through the consensual use of cash collateral and successful monetization of the company’s assets through multiple 363 sales.
  • Agent of the pre-petition trade receivables securitization program, which was increased post-petition to fund the pre-packaged chapter 11 case of Audacy, Inc. The plan of reorganization to equitize $1.6 billion of debt was confirmed by the bankruptcy court in the Southern District of Texas in February 2024.
  • Administrative agent of the trade receivables securitization program in the pre-packaged chapter 11 case of Air Methods Corporation, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, through the successful deleveraging of $1.7 million.

教育背景

  • Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 学士
  • New York University, 文学硕士
  • New York Law School, 法律博士, 优等成绩
    Articles Editor, New York Law School Law Review

执业资格

  • 纽约州

出庭资格

  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • 美国纽约州东区地方法院
  • 美国纽约州南区地方法院

专业及社区参与

  • Section of Business Law, American Bar Association
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • The Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Inc.
  • The American Bankruptcy Institute
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